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Artesia is the hometown of astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon. True story!
Artesia ended up being given the name it has today after artesian wells were discovered in the area, providing a steady water supply - a result of the natural geology in this part of New Mexico. The city was officially incorporated in 1905, but Artesia had been the name used for a few years before then. Over the course of the next 20 years or so, the underground water reserves served to make the city one that flourished with agriculture. Despite the water dwindling by the mid 1920s, it was the geology of the region that came to Artesia's rescue soon after, when oil reserves were found. New oil wells soon took over from the artesian ones, and the city has grown ever since. But enough about the city's past, on to the present! As of the 2000 census, the city had well over 10,500 inhabitants split over a total of 4,080 households. View Artesia City Guide